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		beebeepka on Nov 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MacBook Air M1: the best laptop? Not really. Pre arm macbooks are kind of slow due to their CPUs throttling. Surely that shouldn't me news to you

user-the-name on Nov 29, 2021 [–]

They are designed for a specific thermal and power profile. So is the M1. This is not something that is changing. It is not relevant to the current discussion in any way whatsoever.

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